Clip for guide-cards



.FLE. .KUNKEL.

CUP.FO R GUI DE CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 24| 1919.

1,3 4,56 Patented Jan. 4,1921.

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PATENT OFFICE..

FRED E. KUNKEL, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CLIP FOR GUIDE-CARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed November 24, 1919. Serial No. 340,318.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED E. KUNKEL, a citizen of the United States, andresident of \Yashington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful 1mprovements in Clips for Guide-Cards, of whichthe following is a specification.

In sorting cards, letter paper, or other fiat articles, it is customaryto use a tray divided into a number of subdivisions by means of verticalpartitions. It is advantageous to vary the positions of these partitionswith reference to each other, or in some cases to vary their number.

It is desirable that the partitions when used be held immovable and in aposition substantially vertical regardless of the quantity of articleswhich may be filed in the spaces between them, but spaced according torelative needs measured by a table of values which may be compiled forthe purpose.

My invention seeks to provide means which will retain a guide card in aposition which may be adjusted longitudinally of the tray in a slantingposition, and independently of the position of adjacent cards.

Other objects of my invention will be manifest from the followingdescription and drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sorting tray carrying the retainingclips for a plurality of guide cards;

Fig. 2 is a side view of one of the retaining clips;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 4; is a view of the card holding member of the clip; and

Fig. 5 is a development of part of the retaining clip.

A sorting tray, 6, is illustrated as carrying a plurality of partitionsor guide cards, 7. These guide cards are free to rest upon the bottom ofthe tray and to move longitudinally thereof. The ends of the cardsapproach within a short distance of the sides, 8, of the tray, 6. Abracket member, 9, is adapted to beconstructed of sheet metal stamped orotherwise formed, as shown in Fig. 4:- This bracket member, 8, consistsof two depending strips, 10 and 11, which are bent parallel to eachother and are wide enough to accommodate the side wall, 8, between them.It is to be understood that the members, 10 and 11, grip the side wall,8, with enough frictional engagement to prevent their accidental orunintentional removal. Bent up from the strips, 10 and 11, are thecircular portions 12 and 13 which are likewise in parallelism. Bothmembers are pierced centrally as at 1 1 to carry a rivet 15. One disk 13is indented as at 16 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Thedisks 12 and 13 are in planes at right angles to the planes of 10 and11, as seen in Fig. 3..

The rivet or pivot 15 carries an arm, 17, recessed to receive theindentations, 16, of the disk, 13. The opposite end of the rod, 17,carries riveted or otherwise attached thereto a clip member, 18, ofresilient stamped material. This clip, 18, is made from a piece of sheetmetal of the form shown in Fig. 5, having a central aperture .19, forattachment to the rod, 17. The 0pposite fingers 20 and 21 of the clipmember, 18, are bent into position parallel and sufiiciently far apartto accommodate one partition or guide card.

From the above description it will be evident that the clip 18, is heldin adjusted position by the rod, 17, either horizontally, vertically, orretracted. In the vertical or retracted position the clip may be mountedupon the side wall, 8, of the tray and adjusted longitudinally thereof.When opposite a guide card which it is desired to hold, the arm 17 isdepressed into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and clamped upon theside edge of the partition or guide card, 7.

These holders serve the purpose of retaining the guide cards in aposition slightly inclined from the vertical and at any point along theside wall 8. The disks 12 and 13, may be gripped by the fingers and thedevice thereupon moved along the wall 8, to vary the amount of spacebetween the successive guide cards. A single pull upward on the devicewill serve to remove it from the tray permanently, or it may betemporarily removed from use by throwing the arm, 17, upward.

It is possible to carry out my invention in a number of variousmodifications and the said invention is to be construed as limited onlyby the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A clip including supporting means and a pivot member, a recessed armcarried on said pivot member, means on said clip and registering withthe recess in the arm to retain the arm in adjusted positions andarticle engaging means carried on said arm.

2. A clip including depending spaced members and vertical parallel disksintegral therewith, a rivet connecting the centers of said disks, one ofsaid disks having a plurality of inwardly extending projections, anarticle engaging arm carried on the rivet between the disks, said armbeing recessed to selectively receive one of said projections.

3. A clip having depending parallel lips and a pair of spaced members,an arm pivoted between said members, card-engaging means mounted on saidarm, and means on said members to retain the arm in adjusted position.

4. A clip having tray or drawer engaging means, a pair of spacedsupporting members, an arm pivoted between said members, andcard-engaging means mounted on said arm said last named means includingspaced fingers inclined from the vertical.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

FRED E. KUNKEL.

